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Vincent Van Gogh
The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum Arles at Night
1888
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Van gogh's 'flowering plum orchard' inspired by hiroshige #vangogh #hiroshige #japaneseart #postimpressionism
Step into van gogh's vibrant dance hall in arles #vangogh #thedancehallinarles #postimpressionism
"Ray Embarkment in Basel in the Rain" by Alexandre Benois
Style: Post-Impressionism
Accompanied by "Jardins sous la pluie - Estampes" by Claude Debussy [http://youtu.be/w-1ERRRUM-c]
[“The rain to the wind said,
'You push and I'll pelt.'
They so smote the garden bed
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged--though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt.” - Robert Frost]
"Tahitian Landscape," Paul Gauguin, 1891.
Gauguin (1848-1903) is by turns famous and infamous. He's notorious for abandoning his family to move to Tahiti for artistic freedom, and he's (rightfully) respected for art and his use of color. But he's also (again, rightfully) the subject of controversy given his relationships with teenaged mistresses and his connections to colonialism. In other words, he's complicated.
There's a ton written about him, going into more detail, and better written and researched, than I can do here. I can't dismiss him outright because he's too influential, but I can't put him on too high a pedestal, either. He definitely seemed to combine the qualities of a great artist with the aspects of a seedy sex tourist.
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
"Still Life with Flowers and Fruit," Paul Cézanne, c. 1890.
Cézanne (1839-1906) was an enormously influential artist in the years after Impressionism. He introduced new techniques and styles, and in many ways is seen as emblematic of the shift from the 19th to the 20th centuries, with many viewing his work as an inspiration to 20th century avant-garde and even Cubism.
Here, we have an example from his obsession with still lifes in the 1880s. He would paint over and over different arrangements of fruit, flowers, a white cloth, and a wooden table, always shifting things and trying different light. He truly sought to grasp and capture the objects he painted.
Happy Flower Friday!
From the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
The Self-Portrait of Vincent van Gogh in Front of the Bedroom in Arles
"The Harvest," Vincent van Gogh, 1888.
Van Gogh needs no introduction. But this lovely landscape shows the harvest in full swing. I love the patchwork of the land, the horses and carts that you can see, the haystack, the little buildings here and there, and the rising mountains in the distance. This is rural life, what Vincent sought to portray in his works.
He was quite proud of this painting, and regarded it as one of his best. I agree.
From the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
"Wheatfield with a Reaper," Vincent van Gogh, September 1889.
Van Gogh needs no introduction.
This is a great image for this time of year, with the reapers bringing in the harvest. The wheatfield is convoluted in the typical van Gogh way, as if representing how tall grass moves and sways in the wind. Van Gogh himself thought of this as an image with reminders of death everywhere....but still, suffused everywhere with gold and without a sad note anywhere.
From the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
"Labourer in a Field," Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Completed on this day in 1889, here's a tribute to all who labor.
Vincent saw this field outside his window in Arles, and started this painting in late August, completing it on Sept. 2. He was recovering from one of his breakdowns and this was the first thing he'd painted in a month and a half.
From a private collection.
#Art #PostImpressionism #VincentVanGogh #FrenchArt #LaborDay .
"Cypresses with Two FIgures," Vincent van Gogh, 1889.
We all know about van Gogh...if you don't, go Google him. But here we have a row of cypress trees on a bright summer day, at the edge of a wheat field. Two female figures are walking underneath them. It's not easy to see, but the idea here is that the trees are being stirred by Provence's mistral wind.
This just screams "country" to me...the simplicity of the scene, just some trees on the border of a field (and you can see it's summer and harvest is coming) reminds me of my own rural childhood.
And it was probably an unseasonably chilly scene, too. The mistral is a cold wind that can blow any time of year, and usually at a sustained 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. Usually it brings cold, clear weather. I could use some of that right now...
From the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands.
"Irises," Vincent van Gogh, 1889.
We all know van Gogh, so I won't go into his history, except to note that he painted this during his time in a mental hospital after a period of depression and self-harm. This was a depiction of irises in the asylum's garden, and it seems van Gogh thought of it only as a preliminary sketch. His brother Theo saw it as a beautiful work and submitted to a show where it won acclaim.
It's influenced by Japanese ukiyo-e art, and by van Gogh's striving for a world without pain or tragedy. Sadly, his life would end just over a year after this was completed.
From the Getty Museum, Los Angeles
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Riverside, California - impressionist painting 
https://nickoprints.com/featured/first-church-of-christ-scientist-in-riverside-california-impressionist-painting-nicko-prints.html 
"Café terrace at the Rembrandtplein," Leo Gestel, 1906.
Gestel (1881-1941) was a leading figure in Dutch modernism, experimenting with styles like cubism, expressionism, and futurism. Here we have an early work from his Post-Impressionism period.
From 1906, we're being shown an example of Amsterdam's growth and modernization in the early 20th century. New buildings, new streetcar lines, people in new fashions...it was becoming an up-to-minute city. And artists like Gestel, Mondrian, Breitner, and Israels depicted this new city with excitement.
And isn't spring a great time to sit at a sidewalk cafe and enjoy a drink in the sun?
From the Amsterdam City Archives. (Probably kept in a special archive and not regularly exhibited; it's a watercolor and thus light-sensitive.)
"The Hill of Montmartre," Vincent van Gogh, April-May 1886.
This is a fun picture if you've ever been to Paris, or seen movies like Amelie. Here we see a fairly unremarkable view of a hill with a windmill, some dotted buildings, a stone quarry, and some grass...but this is Montmartre, now crowned with the fabulous Sacre-Coeur basilica and a bustling urban center, covered with houses and businesses.
It's a reminder of how cities and urban spaces grow and change...whether that's bad or good I leave up to you.
From the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands.
CW: Mental illness, suicide.
"Almond Blossom," Vincent van Gogh, February, 1890.
We all know van Gogh (1853-1890). This is a lovely early-spring scene, with blossoms on the branches of an almond tree against a blue sky. I like the perspective, as if one is standing under the tree and looking up through the branches. It's also very much in the style of the Japanese art that Impressionists loved so much.
This was painted while Vincent was suffering a major relapse in his mental health, while at the asylum in Saint-Remy. It was done as a present for his newborn nephew, also named Vincent, although perhaps one can also sense a soul yearning for the light. Vincent died by suicide in November of that year; it's speculated he had bipolar disorder, although porphyria and epilepsy have also been proposed.
From the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, started by the nephew this painting was gifted to.
"When the Blue Evening Slowly Falls," Frank Bramley, 1909.
Bramley (1857-1915) was an English post-Impressionist painter and a member of what was called the "Newlyn School," part of an artists colony at the fishing village of Newlyn, near Penzance in Cornwall. Most Newlyn painters did landscapes and seascapes; Bramley did interiors, melding natural and artificial light.
The model here is believed to be his wife, painter Katherine Graham, in their home near Grasmere in the English Lake District.
The painting itself is a lovely evocation of the gathering dusk on a warm day...you can see the green outside, and trees that might be in full or partial leaf. This is a spring or summer scene.
From a private collection.
